Peruvian president seeks visiting Pope’s help in political crisis
Pope Francis arrived in Peru on Thursday as President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski appealed to the pontiff to help put the country back on track after a political crisis nearly ousted him from office a month ago.
Overseas Filipino Bank launched
President Rodrigo Duterte led Thursday’s launching of the Overseas Filipino Bank, which aims to cater to the needs of the millions of overseas Filipino workers.
Press watchdog asks UN, ASEAN to act on threatened shutdown of Rappler
An international media watchdog has asked the United Nations, its cultural and educational agency UNESCO, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to “take a stand” against the threatened shutdown of news site Rappler on “trumped-up legal grounds.”
Reuters, AFP journos detained in Sudan
Sudanese authorities have detained a Reuters stringer and an AFP reporter who were covering protests in the capital Khartoum, the external information council, which deals with foreign media organizations, said.
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WATCH | Huge crowd jams mobile passport kiosk at Manila City Hall
A mob of applicants who jammed the Manila City Hall grounds on Thursday grew impatient at the efficiency of Department of Foreign Affairs consular...
WATCH | ANOTHER CASE: NBI probes Maria Ressa, 2 others over Rappler story written...
The subpoenas were all signed last January 10, a day before Rappler's corporate registration was revoked by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Maria Ozawa miffed at Uber/Grab drivers for texting, sharing her phone number
'I LOVE the Philippines but Why can’t I trust this country AT ALL!? Why are the people SO UNPROFESSIONAL!?'
WATCH | SWS poll: Pinoys more satisfied with Duterte government than any other
MANILA - Public satisfaction with the performance of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration rose in December 2017 to the highest level on record since the...
Ayala Land, Eton tie up to build P53-B mixed-use estate
Property developers Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) and Eton Properties Philippines Inc. (EPPI) will jointly invest P53 billion to initially develop a 35-hectare mixed-use estate that spans portions of Pasig and Quezon City over the next 10 years.
IKEA to announce opening date this year
Swedish furniture company IKEA was planning to announce targeted opening date in the Philippines within the year, IKEA Sustainability and Communication Director Lars Svensson said Wednesday.
Unheralded center Poy Erram making name for himself in PBA
When talking about big men in the PBA today, the names of June Mar Fajardo, Greg Slaughter and Japeth Aguilar are always in the...
Competition body zeroes in on 10 sectors in study
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) is embarking on a study of anti-competitive practices in 10 priority sectors that may touch on the impact of a contentious deal involving the country’s telecommunication duopoly.
FOCUS | Shady triangle: Southeast Asia’s illegal fuel market
An alleged oil heist in Singapore that has already led to 20 arrests, the seizure of at least one tanker and allegations that thieves siphoned thousands of tonnes of fuel from Shell’s biggest refinery is shining a spotlight on an illegal trade worth tens of billions of dollars worldwide.
Senators adamant on joint voting, but some ask: do we even need Cha-cha?
Senators have one by one come out with statements insisting that the chamber vote separately from the House of Representatives should Congress convene as a Constituent Assembly in order to amend or revise the 1987 Constitution. At the same time, some of them have questioned whether changing the law of the land will solve the nation's problems, or if it is needed at all.